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EVE Online coming to OS X in the coming months

A number of popular gaming titles have been coming to the Mac lately, and one …

Although bashing a junk franchise game like Sims Bowling never really gets old, pretty much all Apple gaming news is related to mobile games for the iPod or iPhone. Fortunately, there is the occasional announcement of a big-name title that's coming to the Mac, but those tend to be few and far between. There's some good news this week, though, especially for anyone who is still hoping to game on their Macs without switching over to Windows. That's because the popular space MMORPG EVE Online will be coming to the Mac, and should appear within a few months.

EVE Online is quite popular on the Windows platform, but thus far Mac users have been left out in the cold, dark void of space. Mac users do have World of Warcraft available as a MMORPG option, but WoW and EVE are vastly different games. According to an announcement by EVE developer CCP Games, a partnership with portability engine provider TransGaming will allow EVE Online to be quickly ported to OS X.

As you might expect, TransGaming's Cider portability engine is the tool of choice for the conversion. The (Intel Mac only) Cider engine has been used in the past by other big names like EA, and should allow an OS X version of EVE Online to be released sometime before the end of the year. We've seen how successful EA has been with similar timelines, so I'd expect it sometime in the spring, but it will certainly give Intel Mac owners another attractive gaming choice.